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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Haruhiko Horiuchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Atsushi Ina, Saitama-ken, JP;
Mika Kimura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takao Mori, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Haruhiko Horiuchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Atsushi Ina, Saitama-ken, JP;
Mika Kimura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takao Mori, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet processing apparatus and a sheet take-out apparatus that prevents a sheet conveyed by a take-out portion from hanging-down and falling, when the take-out portion is stopped due to an emergency. If a take-out emergency process state occurs during the take-out of sheets, the sheet take-out apparatus stops upward movement of a backup plate, moves down feed stoppers, and presses a sheet bundle from above to prevent the sheet on the uppermost surface from being taken out. The sheet take-out apparatus also keeps a rotor air valve on and takes out the sheet caught in a sheet take-in port. When residual sheets on the backup plate are later detected, the sheet take-out apparatus moves down the position of the backup plate, turns off air valves for the rotor, fixed absorbing unit, and handling, and loads a hanging-down sheet on the backup plate, to prevent the sheet from scattering.